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The
Marriage of Figaro
by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by
Lorenzo da
Ponte
Based on
Le mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais
Sung in
Italian with English
supertitles
Synopsis
February 6 - 21, 2010
run-time: 3 hours, 10 minutes
All performances start at 8 p.m.
except for Sunday matinees which start
at 3 p.m.
Free pre-performance talks
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Photo by
Chris Ayers
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What do you do when your married boss makes a play for your
fiancée? If it's the 18th century and you're a lowly
valet, you're supposed to look the other way. But if your name is
Figaro and your clever fiancée, Susanna, is in
league with your boss's unhappy wife, then you just might succeed in
making your lecherous employer - and,
indeed, his whole decadent social class - look pretty foolish. In
fact, Susanna and Figaro are so successful at flummoxing Count
Almaviva and his fellow aristocrats that The Marriage of Figaro
has been called the opening
shot of the French Revolution. Servants one-upping their masters?
Unthinkable, yet so very, very satisfying.
At once humorous and touching, this madcap
masterpiece represents the crowning glory of Mozart's unparalleled
brilliance. Lust collides with love through a series of hilarious
deceptions, famous melodies, and a richly varied
and beautiful score. The Marriage of Figaro, for very good
reason, is often described as the most perfect comic
opera ever written.
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